Performance Benchmarking for Water Utilities

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Determines areas of water utility operations and management that would be appropriate for developing benchmarks to evaluate utility performance. Includes suggestions that water utility managers would be able to use to evaluate and improve performance of their individual operations. Published in 1996. Foundation subscribers can download this Web-only report.

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01/01/1997

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Performance Benchmarking for Water Utilities

Abstract

Resources

Performance Benchmarking For Water Utilities

Climate Change in Water Utility Planning: Decision Analytic Approaches

Real-Life Enterprise Resilience

Mapping Climate Exposure and Climate Information Needs to Water Utility Business Functions

Developing an Environmental, Social, and Governance Framework for Water Utilities

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Your Water System is Not Isolated - Interdependencies are Important